Consultation pathology during surgery cytological exam initial site at Arizona General Hospital Laveen
7171 S 51st Ave, Phoenix, AZ · CommonSpirit Health · · NPI 1154748416
$382.89
Cash price Discounted cash price What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge. Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.
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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.
$1,672.00
Gross charge Gross charge (chargemaster price) The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this. Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.
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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.
$95.18 with Cigna vs $1,366.03 with Multiplan — same scan, same building. Share
Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate
The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.
Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.
Full explanation →
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Negotiated rate
The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.
Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.
Full explanation →Payer ?Payer The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on. Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509. Full explanation → |
Plan ?Plan The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates. Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Cigna | Commercial|PPO | $95.18 | ↓ -75% |
| Cigna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $95.18 | ↓ -75% |
| Health Choice | Medicaid|All Plans | $96.56 | ↓ -75% |
| Mercy Care | Medicaid|All Plans | $96.56 | ↓ -75% |
| United | Medicaid|All Plans | $96.56 | ↓ -75% |
| BCBS - AZ | Commercial|Neighborhood | $115.58 | ↓ -70% |
| BCBS - AZ | Commercial|MaricopaFocus | $115.58 | ↓ -70% |
| Aetna | Commercial|PPO | $152.01 | ↓ -60% |
| Aetna | Commercial|All Other Plans | $152.01 | ↓ -60% |
| BCBS - AZ | Commercial|All Other Plans | $154.08 | ↓ -60% |
| United | Commercial|Navigate | $491.57 | ↑ +28% |
| United | Commercial|Options | $491.57 | ↑ +28% |
| United | Commercial|All Other Plans | $491.57 | ↑ +28% |
| Humana | Medicare|All Plans | $870.67 | ↑ +127% |
| Mercy Care | Medicare|All Plans | $870.67 | ↑ +127% |
| WellCare | Medicare|All Plans | $870.67 | ↑ +127% |
| Alignment Health | Medicare|All Plans | $870.67 | ↑ +127% |
| Health Choice | Medicare|All Plans | $870.67 | ↑ +127% |
| BCBS - AZ | Medicare|All Plans | $879.38 | ↑ +130% |
| Coventry | Commercial|All Plans | $886.16 | ↑ +131% |
| Fresenius | Medicare|All Plans | $888.09 | ↑ +132% |
| United | Medicare|All Plans | $892.44 | ↑ +133% |
| Devoted HP | Medicare|All Plans | $896.80 | ↑ +134% |
| Multiplan | Commercial|All Plans | $1,366.03 | ↑ +257% |
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Consultation pathology during surgery cytological exam initial site at other Arizona hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center | Phoenix | $577.97 | $67.68 – $1,195.27 |
| Mercy Gilbert Medical Center | Gilbert | $186.47 | $67.68 – $758.00 |
| Banner University Medical Center Tucson | Tucson | $419.44 | $59.28 – $1,436.61 |
| Banner University Medical Center South | Tucson | $404.03 | $59.28 – $1,436.61 |
| Banner Casa Grande Medical Center | Casa Grande | $308.16 | $59.28 – $1,306.01 |
| Banner Page Hospital | Page | $1,155.87 | $31.12 – $1,626.40 |
| Yavapai Regional Medical Center (East) | Prescott | $607.70 | $96.56 – $868.14 |
| Arizona General Hospital Mesa | Mesa | $412.99 | $95.18 – $1,366.03 |